导 dǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 寸 — inch
- Made of
- 巳 snake 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
导火索
dǎohuǒsuǒ
fuse; trigger; immediate cause
Characters in this word
火 huǒ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
索 suǒ
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 糸 — silk
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 一篇匿名报道成了舆论危机的导火索，迫使公司公开道歉。 Yì piān nìmíng bàodǎo chéng le yúlùn wēijī de dǎohuǒsuǒ, pòshǐ gōngsī gōngkāi dàoqiàn. An anonymous report became the trigger for a public-relations crisis, forcing the company to apologise publicly.
- 一句玩笑话成了两人吵架的导火索。 Yí jù wánxiàohuà chéng le liǎng rén chǎojià de dǎohuǒsuǒ. A joking remark became the spark of the quarrel between the two.
- 师傅点着鞭炮的导火索，赶紧向后退了几步。 Shīfu diǎnzháo biānpào de dǎohuǒsuǒ, gǎnjǐn xiàng hòu tuì le jǐ bù. The master lit the firecracker's fuse and quickly stepped back a few paces.